Poet Anne Sexton died 40 years ago today. In remembrance, here’s a clip of her reading Wanting to Die.
Poet Anne Sexton died 40 years ago today. In remembrance, here’s a clip of her reading Wanting to Die.
The fascinating Edith Sitwell on Face to Face, 1959:
Dirty Blvd., 1989
Laurie Anderson & Lou Reed on Charlie Rose, 2003
Remembering Lou Reed, ABC News
Sweet Jane
Great intellectual writers have personal lives, too.
Brief stock footage clip of James Joyce in Paris, 1922. He doesn’t talk, but it is still fascinating!
Playwright Jerome Lawrence on writing.
Ian Fleming on naming James Bond.
Allen Ginsberg reading America. Keep in mind that Allen Ginsberg means Allen Ginsberg: this is not G-rated.
First part of a Henry Miller interview from 1956.
Patrick Kavanagh reading The Hospital.